Ubuntu Mono
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People recommend Ubuntu Mono for its good looks and compact spacing, which fits more lines on screen, and many keep using it for years.
People recommend Ubuntu Mono for its good looks and compact spacing, which fits more lines on screen, and many keep using it for years.
14 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 14
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it carries the badge
- 14 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
People stick with it long term
“It's a totally fine font, I've never felt the need to change it.”
Comment from 30 Mar 2026 in “CodingFont: A game to help you pick a coding font” “I guess I'm pretty pleased that I've stayed consistent as well”
Comment from 31 Mar 2026 in “CodingFont: A game to help you pick a coding font” “Ubuntu Mono remains undefeated for now for me though.”
Comment from 13 Dec 2025 in “Google releases its new Google Sans Flex font as open source” - Comment from 30 Mar 2026 in “CodingFont: A game to help you pick a coding font”
Looks nice and has taste
“some taste instead of characters being too formal and too symmetric”
Comment from 8 Nov 2025 in “Myna: Monospace typeface designed for symbol-heavy programming languages” “Aaah, Ubuntu Mono, i found you, you little rascal”
Comment from 30 Mar 2026 in “CodingFont: A game to help you pick a coding font” “I just like it because it looks nice to me”
Comment from 27 Jul 2026 in “Best Fonts for Programming in 2026” Fits more lines on screen
“Ubuntu Mono is the only font I'm able to use because all others I've tried just take up so much space”
Comment from 8 Nov 2025 in “Myna: Monospace typeface designed for symbol-heavy programming languages” “Ubuntu Mono gives me way more lines on screen, without setting the font size far too small.”
Comment from 8 Nov 2025 in “Myna: Monospace typeface designed for symbol-heavy programming languages” Distinctive l and m letterforms
“I discovered I do not like a foot on my l's. Ubuntu mono won.”
Comment from 31 Mar 2026 in “CodingFont: A game to help you pick a coding font” “I like the way the problem of "m" is solved by Ubuntu Mono”
Comment from 31 Mar 2026 in “GitHub Monaspace Case Study”
Other monospace fonts people recommend
The four most recommended other monospace fonts, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iosevka | 108 | 10 | 92% | 9 | 5 yrs7 owners | Approved |
| Nordwand Mono | 40 | 4 | 91% | 1 | — | — |
| Myna | 29 | 10 | 74% | 1 | — | — |
| Berkeley Mono | 27 | 6 | 82% | 7 | — | Approved |
| Ubuntu MonoThis page | 14 | 0 | 100% | 4 | — | Approved |
What people said
13 of the 16 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“I just like it because it looks nice to me”
“I like the way the problem of "m" is solved by Ubuntu Mono”
“I guess I'm pretty pleased that I've stayed consistent as well”
“I discovered I do not like a foot on my l's. Ubuntu mono won.”
“Ubuntu Mono has this for example”
“which is already the font that I use”
“Aaah, Ubuntu Mono, i found you, you little rascal”
“It's a totally fine font, I've never felt the need to change it.”
“Ubuntu Mono remains undefeated for now for me though.”
“two of the best fonts ever made”
“Ubuntu Mono is the only font I'm able to use because all others I've tried just take up so much space”
“Ubuntu Mono gives me way more lines on screen, without setting the font size far too small.”
“some taste instead of characters being too formal and too symmetric”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.